After listening to the report of the official officer, the county commander and everyone were shocked, these thousands of bandits and pirates were annihilated by Zhang Xian in one fell swoop, it stands to reason that under Zhang Xianwei's name, these bandits and pirates should be frightened and flee for their lives. Today, this bandit did the opposite, and actually besieged Yangzhou City, what is it for? Zhang Xian was also puzzled, and asked the officer:

"What do you say? Is it true that more than 30,000 bandits surrounded Yangzhou City? ”

"Lord Huizhang, it is indeed a bandit of more than 30,000 people! Bandit leader Kuang Shihu. The official replied.

"This Kuang Shihu is very powerful? Unexpectedly, more than 30,000 bandits were gathered in the blink of an eye? Zhang Xian became curious about the bandit leader and asked the officer.

"Yes, Lord Zhang, the leader of the bandits, Kuang Shihu, is a well-known Jiangyang thief, his people have practiced kung fu in an iron cloth shirt, invulnerable, and love to rob the rich and help the poor, and even won the support of the poor people, and slowly developed into the largest bandit around Yangzhou City, the number is about seven or eight thousand, and now more than 30,000 people, it should be the same as Liu Zuohu, coerced other bandits. A few years ago, his subordinates and former county lieutenant Daniel Zhang were defeated by Kuang Shihu, and after that, we no longer dared to fight this bandit. Dutou Wang Changwei didn't wait for the official to speak, and replied first.

Zhang Xian glanced at Wang Changwei, nodded and said:

"Wang Dutou seems to have been attentive recently, according to what Wang Dutou said, this Kuang Shihu is a character, and today he dares to besiege Yangzhou City, he must be coerced by other bandits to act together, which is not a strange thing, but a wise move! If they don't join forces, what awaits them will inevitably be broken by each of us, divided and destroyed, and with the combined force, we will definitely increase the great difficulty. Lord County, subordinates should go and see the situation first! ”

"Lord Zhang, please, this time to suppress bandits, use money, food and people, this county fully supports, although there are a large number of bandits this time, we have Lord Zhang's strong soldiers inside, and Li Tingzhi's strong reinforcements outside, insist on three or two days to sit back and relax, please Lord Zhang don't have any worries!"

The county official said to Zhang Xian with a smile, since Zhang Xian cleanly exterminated the bandits and pirates twice in a row, and subdued another group of pirates, the county official has long been convinced of Zhang Xian in his heart, instead of being stupid and Zhang Xian as an enemy, it is better to put down his body and be friends with Zhang Xian, the benefits of being friends are simply pleasant surprises.

"The county lord praised it falsely, and the lower officials did their best! The military situation is urgent, and I have taken my leave! Wang Dutou, please go with this official! Zhang Xian said neatly.

When Zhang Xian went to the head of Yangzhou City, the city was full of bandits, different from Liu Zuohu's bandit army before, this bandit army has dozens of flags of various colors, there is a chariot in the middle, the car is two feet high, there is a capable person standing on it, the face is also clean, the appearance is not as vicious as the ordinary bandits, but some elegant temperament, seeing Zhang Xian come out, this man was shocked by Zhang Xian's youth, and even more shocked by the young man's means, and said loudly:

"Is the person who came up from the city tower Zhang Xian and Zhang County Lieutenant?"

"It's this officer, I don't know who your Excellency is? Why are the soldiers besieging Yangzhou City? Zhang Xian looked at the bandit leader curiously and asked loudly.

"I am Kuang Shihu, Ming people don't say secret words, Lord Zhang has been in the limelight recently, and he destroyed two brothers on my road in one fell swoop and surrendered one brother. There are no eyes on the battlefield, there is nothing to say, but it is reported that Lord Zhang surrounded and suppressed Li Haozi, and the methods were too bloody, and there were more than 2,000 people, and none of them survived. If we don't join forces again, I'm afraid that we will be broken by Master Zhang and gradually eaten, and eventually we will end up like Li Hezi, and there will be no one alive. Therefore, my brothers within a hundred miles of Yangzhou City, all joined forces this time, just one request. Kuang Shihu said loudly.

"Oh, Kuang Shihu, what do you want, might as well tell me about it?" Zhang Xian replied.

"Our request is very simple, that is, Master Zhang will not come to suppress our brothers again, and we also swear that we will no longer loot around Yangzhou City, everyone will coexist peacefully, and the well water will not interfere with the river water; If Lord Zhang does not agree, we will inevitably fight to the death with Lord Zhang, I don't know what the adults want? Kuang Shihu said.

"Hmph, in vain you are still a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, and now the Tartars are on the border, bloodily slaughtering the people of my Great Song Dynasty, where the Tartars pass through the iron hooves, thousands of miles of red land, people and animals are slaughtered, and blood flows like rivers. As the people of the Great Song Dynasty, you don't want to be a country, but you help to abuse, at this time of national disaster, plundering the rear, dragging the Great Song army is difficult to resist the Tartars. Is it tolerable or unbearable, I can't imagine that you would dare to brazenly make such an unkind and unjust shameless demand! Today, I will inform you and others that you have also seen the methods used by the officials to suppress bandits, and for those who join the bandits for the sake of livelihood or are coerced, as long as they wake up and surrender in time, they will be punished lightly or will not be held accountable; Those who rob the poor people and those who wantonly slaughter the people will be killed! Even if you bandits still talk about thieves, there is a way to do it, or to do the right thing for heaven! "Zhang Xian must find a way to divide these bandits, first talk about righteousness, and then talk about the size of the crime, among these bandits, the evil is a minority after all, Zhang Xian wants to fight for the majority.

"Hmph, Huangkou Xiaoer, are you really afraid of you when I wait for my brother? If the court is benevolent and righteous, as long as the people have something to eat, will the brothers rebel and become bandits? Tartar Koubian, it's not that the court officials are dumb and incompetent, and the traitors are in charge, if Yue Wumu and Yue Fei were not harmed by the traitors back then, how can my Great Song Dynasty be in such a predicament in front of the Tartars today? It's weird, and you have to blame this incompetent court. Boy, if you can fight again, there will be only 3,000 people, but we will have 24,000 people, which is eight times as many as yours, and you can still swallow our brothers in one bite? Kuang Shihu seemed to be very unimpressed by Zhang Xian's questioning, and refuted angrily.

"Yes, Kuang Shihu, this official admits that the court has these problems you mentioned, and the traitorous ministers deceived the superiors and subordinates, covered the sky with one hand, acted arbitrarily, and made the people's lives miserable. Therefore, for being forced into the green forest helplessly, the official will not blame, so he captured most of Liu Zuohu's subordinates and gave them a way out. However, to be humane, if because of the injustice and injustice of the court, your human nature is distorted, and in turn you slaughter and bully other poor people, let me ask: What is the difference between you and those traitorous ministers of the court? For example, the pirate Li Haozi did a lot of evil, and he didn't pay attention to morality and benevolence, and killed all the meat tickets he kidnapped, robbed the people's daughters and humiliated them wantonly, and even slaughtered the villagers in the whole village. Kuang Shihu, you come and tell the official, can this kind of person who destroys the conscience of heaven be let go of the official? ”

Zhang Xian listened to what Kuang Shihu said and knew that this person was quite reasonable, so he said it reasonably, mainly hoping to tell Kuang Shihu's subordinates, which shook the morale of the army, and the battle would be twice the result with half the effort.

"Hmph, you son of a rich and noble family who grew up in small brocade clothes and jade food, where do you understand the truth that people are in the rivers and lakes and can't help themselves? Who likes to kill people and set fires for no reason? The first time was forced to resist helplessly? If you leave Yangzhou City, we will do as we said before, everyone will coexist peacefully, and the well water will not interfere with the river water. Otherwise, we will set up a good battle and compete against each other. Kuang Shihu was quick to speak, and he spoke clearly.

"Okay, Kuang Shihu, you wait, the official will convince you today, your challenge, the official should be done!" Zhang Xian said to Kuang Shihu with a rare serious expression on his face. Then he turned around and called Wang Fu and continued:

"Sect Leader Wang, please transfer our three thousand brothers as soon as possible, by the way, transfer the Nether Wolf Rider as well, and have a real fight today."

"Master Zhang, in fact, although Kuang Shihu's personal martial arts are not bad, but the old man's way of using soldiers is not meritorious, we don't have to fight with him with real swords and guns at all, right?" Wang Fu looked at Zhang Xian like a monster this time, and easily won the victory with stratagem several times in a row, but this time in the face of a stronger enemy, Zhang Xian actually went the opposite way and wanted to fight??。

"Sect Leader Wang, what do you mean is that this official understands that if we adopt conservative tactics, this Kuang Shihu will be defeated in three ways:

When the day comes, Kuang Shihu will be defeated. Now the autumn harvest has already been harvested outside Yangzhou, and the common people have already hidden their money and grain when they see so many bandits, and the remaining grain, two or three thousand bandits have to eat and drink for eight or nine days, and it will be difficult for three or twenty thousand bandits to eat and drink for two or three days;

Second, the location is advantageous to me, Kuang Shihu will be defeated, the city wall of Yangzhou City is tall and strong, if we want to defend, Kuang Shihu does not have large-scale siege equipment at all, even if we have three thousand brothers, it is no problem to hold Yangzhou City for three or two months, besides, we still have Li Tingzhi Li in the suburbs, once it is reported, one or two days can rush to support;

Three people and in me, Kuang Shihu will be defeated, we have just won a succession, the morale of the army and the people is high, and these bandits are afraid that we will divide and annihilate them, so they are temporarily hugged together, for us, these bandits must be very afraid in their hearts, once the war starts, one bandit is defeated and fled, it is easy to drive other bandits to flee, so, although these bandits are numerous, but they are already doomed to defeat, right? ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he looked at Wang Fu, Wang Fu saw that Zhang Xian had already arrived, and he was very impressed in his heart, but said even more suspiciously:

"Since you know that if we adopt conservative tactics, we will win, I wonder why you chose to attack with great risks? As Kuang Shihu said, with one enemy and eight, we are not sure of victory, even if our killer ghost wolf ride is extremely strong, but after all, it has just started training for a long time, and the equipment is not complete, once there is a loss, it is difficult for us to bear. ”

Zhang Xian nodded, walked over to Wang Fu and said:

"Sect Leader Wang, this official must know that it is extremely difficult to win against these bandits, and there will even be great losses or defeats. However, Wang Jiaotou, if you look at our Jiading brothers, since its formation to the present, there have been few battles, and even fewer have fought hard battles. Many times, we are scheming to win, our brothers shed less blood and sacrifice, it is easy to develop arrogant soldiers, the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, presumably Wang Jiaotou knows more about the danger. ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he paused, pointed to the bandits under the city and said:

.“ Wang Jiaotou looked at these bandits again, they have been tested in battle for a long time, and their combat power is stronger than many of the Great Song Dynasty army, such bandits are an excellent opportunity for us to train our troops, if we can't even win this bandit, in the face of stronger Tartar iron cavalry in the future, where will we have a chance to win? Therefore, I just want to find an iron plate, let our brothers kick it, kowtow and break the blood, so that we will be cautious and grow up in the war, this level, our brothers must pass! ”

After listening to what Zhang Xian said, Wang Fu said convincingly:

"My lord is very reasonable to say this, but the old man seems to be stingy and restrained, the phoenix nirvana, can be reborn from the fire, and the army that does not grow up in tribulations and wars will never have strong combat power! The old man went to transfer his brothers to fight.

As soon as Wang Fu finished speaking, he saw Wang Changwei, the head of the capital, standing in the distance, leaning against the corner of the wall and preparing to slip away, with contempt in his heart, and shouted:

"Wang Dutou, gather all your brothers and prepare to play the striker!"

"Ahh Hit, hit, play striker?!! Lord Zhang spares his life! ”